Makeup Throughout History

Walking down the aisle of the local superstore displays numerous tubes of lipsticks, pallets of eyeshadows, and bottles of nail polish. While people load their cart up with various goods to enhance their appearance, they don’t give much thought to the process behind these products. It involves lots of ingredients and big machinery. Back in the old days, making cosmetics was tedious task. Today, it's a scientific process that requires much trial and error to develop a perfect, usable, piece.

Consequently, today's methods are entirely different. Surprisingly, many of the same ingredients go into the products of today.